I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.

America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. It's 'winner take nothing' that is the great truth of our country or of any country. Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Our fate is to become one, and yet many - This in not prophecy, but description.

Life is as the sea, art a ship in which man conquers life's crushing formlessness, reducing it to a course, a series of swells, tides and wind currents inscribed on a chart.

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it." Stephen Covey "It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.

Meaning grows in the mind, but the shape and form of the act remains.

The clock ticked with empty urgency, as though trying to catch up with the time. In the street a siren howled.